Area Obituaries

1948 – 2020      Larry Bruce Hulon of Loris passed  away  Tuesday, Jan. 28, at his residence. He was 71.      Mr. Hulon was born July 30, 1948 in Mullins, a son of the late Robert and Eulee Hulon.      He worked as an electrician for the City of Myrtle Beach.      Mr. Hulon was predeceased by a sister Faye…

1932 – 2020      Irma Walker Lovett of Tabor City died Sunday, Jan. 26, in the Lower Cape Fear Life Care Center in Bolivia.  She was 87.      Born Oct. 15, 1932, in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Rev. B. R. Walker and Lula Mae Tyree Walker and the widow of Aaron Lovett.…

1967 – 2020      Robert James “Shep” Shepherd of Green Sea passed away Sunday, Jan. 26, at MUSC Health in Charleston surrounded by his family and friends. He was 52.      Shep was born Dec. 14, 1967 in Loris, a son of Jimmy Shepherd and Martha Ann Collins Shepherd.      He was a U.S. military veteran, retiring from…

1932 – 2020      Sammie A. Altman of Nichols passed away peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 21, at McLeod Hospice House in Florence surrounded by her family. She was 87.      Mrs. Altman was born in Brittons Neck, a daughter of the late Johnnie and Rachel Altman and was a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church.      She was predeceased…

1932 – 2020      Cora Rueline Wingate Orren Lewis of the Longs area passed away unexpectedly at McLeod Loris hospital Saturday, Jan. 18. She was 87.      Born May 3, 1932, she was preceded in death by her parents David and Blanche Wingate; two spouses; her siblings; and one of her sons, Phillip Orren Sr.      Her hobbies…

1938 – 2020      Ottis “Maxie” Williamson of Green Sea passed away on Friday, Jan. 17, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach. He was 82.      Maxie was born on Jan. 6, 1938 in Tabor City, to the late Ottis Williamson and the late Alma Irene Floyd Williamson.      Maxie was an avid tractor, antique,…

1935 – 2020      Joann Ruth Morton Wicker Wyman of Huntsville, Alabama, formerly of Tabor City, died Monday, Jan. 20. She was 84.      Born May 29, 1935 in Denver, Colorado, she was a daughter of the late Ralph and Ethel Morton, and the widow of the late Raymond Blackwell Wicker Jr.      She came to Tabor City…

1939 – 2020      Silbray Fisher of Tabor City died Monday, Jan. 20, in the Lower Cape Fear LifeCare Center. She was 80.      Born Aug. 18, 1939 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Bert Nobles and Ovaline Allen Nobles and the widow of William Rudolph “Billy” Fisher.      She is survived by two…

1941 – 2020      Milton Ross Barnhill peacefully departed from his earthly home and went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, Jan. 19.      He was born in Columbus County on Nov. 21, 1941.      He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Wilbur and Ada Barnhill; two sisters, Faye Barnhill and Doris…

1963 – 2020      Jeffrey Cox of Pennsylvania and formerly of Loris passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 14, at his home in Adah, Pennsylvania. He was 56.      Mr. Cox was formerly of Loris. Mr. Cox was born on October 7, 1963 in Charleston, to the late Orian Cecil Cox and Etherie Tyler Cox.      Mr. Cox worked…